Desk calendar



y 1942- I J.IF. BANNON 2,290,310

DESK CALENDAR Filed A ril 2, 1941 INVENTOR. JOHN F 5/! NNON.

79 ATTORNEY Patented July 21, 1942 DESK CALENDAR John F. Bannon, Providence, R. 1., assignor to Defiance Sales Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application April 2, 1941, Serial No. 386,413

((31. ill-120) 6 Claims.

My invention relates to a desk calendar and memorandum pad. In desk calendars and memorandum pads heretofore used a pad of memorandum sheets having respective calendar dates was mounted on a base and secured thereon by a binder plate overlying part of the pad and posts extending from the binder plate into the base. As successive sheets of the pad were used they could be torn away at the edge of the binder plate and when a number of sheets had been torn away the binderplate could be released the stubs removed and the binder plate replaced on the unused sheets to maintain a neat appearance.

In my present invention I provide a binder plate having a window to enable a calendar for the entire year, or other data, to be visible therethrough while at the same time providing a transparent sheet to protect the stubs carrying the yearly calendar from becoming dusty or soiled.

Myjnvention also provides means whereby the binder plate may be readily removed and secured in position and presents a neat appearance,

The various features of my invention are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a calendar or memorandum embodying a preferred form of the invention. Fig. 2 .is .a side view of the calendar or memorandum shown in Fig. 1, part of the base being broken .away to show the mounting of the binding post. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the binding plate. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are sections taken respectively on the lines 44 and 55 of Fig. l and 66 of Fig. 4:.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawing, a calendar pad is shown at II] which may be of any suitable type as, for example, one having a sheet foreach day of the year. In the embodiment shown each sheet of the pad has a monthlycalendar part I I and a memorandum part I2 and a part I3 containing a calendar for the entire year. At the opposite edges of the part I3 the pad is provided with a pair of openings or passages I4.

The pad It is mounted or supported on a hollow base I5 having a supporting plate I6 slightly inclined from the horizontal and provided with a pair of spaced openings II directly underlying the openings I4 of the pad Ill when the pad is in proper position on the base. The pad is held in position on the base I5 by means of a binder plate I8 overlying. the part I3 of the pad and a pair of threaded posts I9 extend through suitably spaced openings in the binder plate I8 and throughthe openings I4 into the threaded opening H of the base. The plate I6 is raised sufficiently to permit the lower ends of the posts I9 to extend below it a considerable distance.

The binder plate I8 is provided with a window 29 overlying the year calendarof the part I3 so that the calendar for the year may be readily seen therethrough. To protect the calendarcarrying par-t I3 which remains under the binder plate as-a stub when the memorandum and daily calendar sheet is torn away, a transparent sheet 2I of suitable material, such as Celluloid, is mounted on the undersurface of the binder plate I8 in such manner as to span the window 20. The transparent sheet 2-I is held in position against the undersurfaoe of the binder plate 1.8 by means of a pair of securing or holding plates 22, one at each end of the window 29. For this purpose the transparent sheet is notched at its opposite ends as at 23 overlyingthe openings I4 of the pad It so as to permit the posts I9 to extend therethrough. A pair of internally threaded heads or nuts 26 is mountedon the upper surface of the binder plate I3,one above each of the openings I l and posts I9, and has a neck that extends downwardly through a suitable opening in the binder plate I8 and respective holding plate 22 as shown in Fig. 5 so that it holds the holding plate 22 tightly againstthe'lower surface of the binding plate I8 and clamps the ends of the transparent sheet 20 firmly against the binder plate. The neck of the headsvor nuts 24 is rotatably mounted in the openings in the binder plate and holding plates .22 so that it may rotate and thus be threaded onto the post I9 or, reversely, free of its respective post.

To en-ableeachhead or put 24 to be screwed tightly onto the plate I8 with a minimum of turning the .post I9 has .a reduced extension 25 which readily enters the .opening in .the head or nut and engages the top thereof when a few threads .of the post are engaged by the nut.

The binder plate i8 is ,downturned. at .its edges in such manner that the upper and side flanges 26 and 21 cover the upper parts of the top and sides of the stub portion I3 of the pad and the front flange 2B which is narrower bears tightly onto the upper surface of the pad.

The edges of the window 20 are also downturned as at 29 to form a neat appearance and clamp the transparent sheet 2I tightly onto the stub portion of the pad.

In assembling the calendar or memorandum the pad I0 is placed on the base I5 with the openings IA of the pad overlying the opening I! of the base and threading about the posts IS. The cover or hinder plate [8 is then placed in position with its top and sides 25 and 21 against the top and side edges of the stub portion of the pad whereupon the heads or nuts 24 will overlie the posts I9. By rotating the heads or nuts 24 they thread onto the posts I9 engaging a few of the threads until the upper end of the extension 25 abuts the inner surface of the head, whereupon further turning threads the posts l9 downwardly through the opening I! until the plate l8 clamps the pad tightly onto the base whereupon further turning of the heads or nuts 24 is prevented.

In using the pad it is customary to tear off each sheet as it is used leaving the stubs of the sheet caught below the binder plate It. When a considerable thickness of stubs has thus been left under the plate l8, it is desirable to lift the plate and remove the stubs and then clamp the binder plate onto the unused part of the pad. To do this it is only necessary to unscrew the head or nut 24, lift the binder plate 18 and remove the stubs, then the binder plate may be placed in position, each head 24 threaded onto the post [9 until the latter engages the upper part of the head whereupon it will screw downwardly in the base W until the binder plate is firmly secured in its proper position. This may be repeated until the pad is completely used.

It will be apparent that at all times a calendar for the entire year is visible through the window 20 and is protected from dust by the transparent sheet 2|. The mounting of the nuts 24 leaves a smooth unbroken surface on which there is no opportunity at the heads for the collection of dust or dirt. Inasmuch as the heads are secured to the base plate they cannot become lost, and are properly aligned with the posts when the binding plate is put in position on the stub. The reduced portions of the post 25 aid in the positioning of the heads and binding plate as they are sufficiently small to permit ready insertion in the heads or nuts and facilitate the centering of the nuts or heads in the proper position on the posts.

What I claim is:

l. A desk calendar of the type described which comprises a base having a pair of spaced threaded openings, a calendar pad on said base having openings overlying those of said base, a binding plate on said pad having openings overlying those of said pad, threaded posts one extending through each of said openings in said pad and binding plate and threaded into and through the openings in said base, said binding plate having a window, a transparent sheet secured to the underside of said binding plate and spanning said window and a pair of heads each recessed and threaded internally and engaging the threads on the upper end of a respectively threaded post and extending over the upper end of said post to abut it when threaded downwardly thereon and having a neck extending through and rotatably engaged in the respective opening of said binding plate.

2. The article of claim 1 in which the upper end of said post is reduced to pass freely into the upper part of the recess in said head.

3. A desk calendar of the type described which comprises a base having a pair of spaced threaded openings, a calendar pad on said base having openings overlying those of said base, a binding plate on said pad having openings overlying those of said pad, threaded posts one extending through each of said openings in said pad and binding plate and threaded into the openings in said base, said binding plate having a window, a pair of holding plates below said binding plate beyond the opposite ends of said window, a transparent sheet secured to the underside of said binding plate spanning said window and engaged between said binding plate and said holding plates, a pair of internally threaded heads beyond the ends of said window each having a neck portion extending through said binding plate and said holding plate and rotatable therein to hold said plates in close engagement and to screw onto said posts.

4. In combination, a binding plate for desk pads, said plate having a window, holding plates below said binding plate beyond the opposite ends of said window, a pair of internally threaded heads rotatably mounted on said binding plate near the edges thereof and engaging said holding plates and a transparent sheet below said binding plate spanning said window and engaged between said binding plate and said holding plates.

5. In combination, a binding plate for desk pads, said plate having a window, holding plates below said binding plate beyond the opposite ends of said window, said holding plate and said binding plate having overlying openings, a pair of internally threaded heads having necks extending downwardly through said openings and rotatably engaging said holding plate and said binding plate and a transparent sheet below said binding plate spanning said window and engaged between said binding plate and said holding plates.

6. A desk calendar of the type described which comprises a base having a pair of spaced threaded,

openings, a calendar pad on said base having openings overlying those of said base, a binding plate on said pad having openings overlying those of said pad, threaded posts one extending through each of said openings in said pad and binding plate and threaded into and through the openings in said base, and a pair of heads having threaded recesses receiving and engaging the upper end of a respectively threaded post and abutting the upper end of said post when screwed downwardly thereon and having a neck extending through and rotatably engaged in the respective opening of said binding plate.

JOHN F. BANNON. 

